The 2008-09 roster for the Red Wings included Pavel Datsyuk at center, Kirk Maltby at left wing, Marian Hossa at right wing, Nicklas Lidstrom at defenseman and Chris Osgood at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Justin Abdelkader J. Abdelkader	LW	6'2"	214	2/25/1987	21	Muskegon, MI
2	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	D	6'0"	191	1/25/1962	47	Chicago, IL
3	Daniel Cleary D. Cleary	RW	6'1"	205	12/18/1978	30	Carbonear, Canada
4	Ty Conklin T. Conklin	G	6'1"	185	3/30/1976	32	Anchorage, AK
5	Pavel Datsyuk P. Datsyuk	C	5'11"	194	7/20/1978	30	Sverdlovsk, Russia
6	Aaron Downey A. Downey	RW	6'1"	215	8/27/1974	34	Shelburne, Canada
7	Kris Draper K. Draper	C	5'10"	188	5/24/1971	37	Toronto, Canada
8	Jonathan Ericsson J. Ericsson	D	6'4"	220	3/2/1984	24	Karlskrona, Sweden
9	Valtteri Filppula V. Filppula	C	6'0"	196	3/20/1984	24	Vantaa, Finland
10	Johan Franzen J. Franzen	RW	6'4"	232	12/23/1979	29	Vetlanda, Sweden
11	Darren Helm D. Helm	C	6'0"	196	1/21/1987	22	St. Andrews, Canada
12	Tomas Holmstrom T. Holmstrom	RW	6'0"	200	1/23/1973	36	Pitea, Sweden
13	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	RW	6'1"	207	1/12/1979	30	Stara Lubovna, Slovakia
14	Jimmy Howard J. Howard	G	6'1"	218	3/26/1984	24	Syracuse, NY
15	Jiri Hudler J. Hudler	RW	5'10"	190	1/4/1984	25	Olomouc, Czech Republic
16	Tomas Kopecky T. Kopecky	RW	6'3"	210	2/5/1982	26	Ilava, Slovakia
17	Niklas Kronwall N. Kronwall	D	6'0"	194	1/12/1981	28	Stockholm, Sweden
18	Brett Lebda B. Lebda	D	5'9"	195	1/15/1982	27	Buffalo Grove, IL
19	Ville Leino V. Leino	LW	6'1"	182	10/6/1983	25	Savonlinna, Finland
20	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	D	6'1"	192	4/28/1970	38	Vasteras, Sweden
21	Andreas Lilja A. Lilja	D	6'3"	220	7/13/1975	33	Helsingborg, Sweden
22	Kirk Maltby K. Maltby	LW	6'0"	195	12/22/1972	36	Guelph, Canada
23	Darren McCarty D. McCarty	RW	6'1"	210	4/1/1972	36	Burnaby, Canada
24	Derek Meech D. Meech	D	5'11"	200	4/21/1984	24	Winnipeg, Canada
25	Chris Osgood C. Osgood	G	5'10"	180	11/26/1972	36	Peace River, Canada